Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Today in the Central U.S.

A storm system will track from the southern Plains to the Upper Midwest today. Severe thunderstorms are expected from east Texas into far southeast Iowa and Illinois. A strong tornado and damaging wind potential will exist from central Arkansas into central Missouri. Heavy to excessive rainfall from eastern Texas into the Midwest states may bring new or renewed areas of flooding. Read More >

NWS Shreveport Presentations at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society

Severe/Convective Weather
The National Weather Service Estimated Actual Velocity Radar Tool (Kenneth W. Falk. March 2007) Rotation Shear Nomogram for Tornadoes (Kenneth W. Falk and William Parker. September 1998.) Preliminary Downburst Climatology and Warning Guidelines from a Single Cell Thunderstorm Database (John Elmore, Kenneth W. Falk, and Lee Harrison. August 1998.)
Climate
The Climate of Shreveport, Louisiana (Glenn Carrin, Jim DeBerry, and Jason Hansford. October 2008.)
Flooding/Hydro
The Red River Flood of 2015: Communication and Impacts (Chris Nuttall, Cynthia Palmer, and William Parker. January 2016.) National Weather Service Forecast Reference Evapotranspiration Goes Nationwide (Cynthia Palmer-NWS Shreveport, H. D. Osborne, M. T. Hobbins, D. P. Matusiewicz, and F. Melton. January 2016.) Common Environmental Parameters Assoviated with Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flood Events over Southwest Arkansas, East Texas, and Northern Louisiana (Brandi Richardson, Jason Hansford, and Kenneth W. Falk. January 2011).
Winter Weather
Evaluating the WRF-EMS Performance During the 2015 Winter Weather Events Across Northern Louisiana (Travis Washington, Jason Hansford, Cynthia Palmer, and Matthew Duplantis. January 2016)

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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Today in the Central U.S.

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